Chamonix Guide Killed After Falling into Crevasse and Buried by Falling Snow Bridge An experienced Chamonix guide died on Friday after falling into a crevasse and having a snow bridge collapse on top of him. Jean-Louis Le Garrec was returning from Tacul on the main trail towards Hellbronner in the Mont Blanc massif with a client. The collapse of an exceptionally large snow bridge near the Aiguille de Toule, under the Géant Glacier at 11,800-feet, […] Climbing CragBrains | August 10, 2020 0 Comments
Face Masks Now Required in Chamonix, France City Center To keep the spread of COVID-19 at bay, Chamonix is enforcing a mandatory face mask ordinance within the French ski town’s city center. The town hall of Chamonix wrote in a Facebook post: “THE COMMON OF CHAMONIX-MONT-BLANC MAKES MANDATORY WATCH IN THE CITY CENTER Chamonix-Mont-Blanc has had the pleasure for a few weeks, to see its visitors come back. It […] Industry News SnowBrains | August 4, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Chamonix Still Goes! A video posted by the Freeride World Tour on Facebook on June 24 shows some pretty fantastic skiing still going in Chamonix, France! Featured Video Clay Malott | July 6, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Skiers Are Still Hitting Huge Lines in Chamonix, France View this post on Instagram I just fell in love with her shapes at first sight on saturday. In between rocks & ice it looked like one of those salty and sweet lines so I had to ski it on Sunday 🧂🥰 Here is one of our last journey with @vivianbruchez and @mathis_dumas in the Contamine Negri, #montblanc […] SnowBrains | June 8, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Story of Survival – Falling 50-Feet Into a Crevasse in Chamonix February 17, 2015 was my first full day in Chamonix. I came here to ski the infamous slopes of the Mont-Blanc region and ski-tour in the birthplace of alpinism. For my first day I joined a group of two other Americans for a day of off-piste skiing with a local guide. Our morning run was up the Aiguille du Midi and down the beautiful Vallee Blanche. For the afternoon we went to the Grands Montets resort and went straight to the to top via the Grand Montets tram. All of the terrain accessed by this tram is technically deemed off-piste, but we went far to skier’s right, past a warning […] Guest Author | June 8, 2020 13 Comments
Chamonix, France Begins the Post-COVID-19 Ski World With Futuristic Thermal Cameras for Detecting Fever Chamonix and its operating entity, Compagnie du Mont Blanc, are leading the way in a post-COVID-19 world as they began screening skiers and riders for coronavirus when they reopened this past weekend. The “experimental and unprecedented” procedure involves a comprehensive screening process that uses high tech cameras, socially distanced lines, and an entire “welcome and safety protocol”. The whole process […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 20, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Check Out the Lines Tof Henry Skied When Legendary Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix Reopened North face of Col du Plan Epron Tournier 🏔️ Reopening of Mama Aiguille du Midi after two months of break. Not the conditions I prefer but still good to be in the north side again. We were super surprised to see a big rock blocked in the entrance of the exit couloir. The low part was terrible with a big […] SnowBrains | May 19, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: First Descent of Beuf-Sara Couloir in Chamonix, France Yannick Boissenot and Julien “Pica” Herry became the first two people to ever ski or snowboard the infamous Beuf-Sara Couloir near the world-famous ski village of Chamonix, France. The line can make your hands sweaty just looking at it, let alone being on top of it about to drop in. The video’s description reads: “Last Sunday, despite a pessimistic weather […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 21, 2020 0 Comments